Dinner with Marla

Last Friday night we went out for dinner with our friend, Marla, and her new fiance Mark!
The Happy Couple!
Many of you know Marla's story. She and I began our teaching careers together at Malley, and helped open Glacier Peak on the core team. In December of 2002, she was in a terrible car accident on the way up to Winter Park, and sustained a traumatic brain injury, and her right arm was severely damaged. Marla is a living, breathing miracle, as right after the accident we weren't sure if she'd make it, much less learn to walk and talk again. She has made amazing, miraculous progress over the past five years, and is an inspiration to everyone who knows her. She is now driving, working as an assistant in a preschool in Glenwood Springs, and recently got engaged to Mark, who she met at the University of Michigan in a speech therapy program there. Mark is a speech pathologist who worked with Marla at U of M, and has moved out here to be with Marla. She was absolutely glowing as we spent the evening getting to know Mark and reminiscing about "the old days." We had a great dinner with Melissa, the Glacier Peak teacher librarian, and Gordy (5th grade teacher at GP), Amy, Vaughn and Elle Johnson. Riley and Vaughn are in the same class at Bright Horizon and had a great night dancing around Ted's Montana Grill! Our waiter got a big tip!